Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
CT degli imputati
English translation:
expert witness for the defendants
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James (Jim) Davis
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Italian term
CT degli imputati
Italian to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
From a court case document involving expert medical witness statements: "Il solo Prof. [name], CT degli imputati, ravvisa focolai di steatosi e citolisi con infiltrati che deporrebbe per una steatoepatite."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | expert witness for the defendants |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 4 +1 | technical expert |
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Nov 3, 2011 14:35: James (Jim) Davis Created KOG entry
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technical expert
It depends how nitpicking you want to be.
Technically speaking, an expert witness in Italy would be a witness who appears in person to give evidence who has particular expertise, whereas a technical expert is normally commissioned by the court to give an expert opinion, which is normally submitted as a written report (although they may be called in person, but this is not a requirement and does not always happen).
I suppose the difference would be that a doctor who actually treated the patient at issue in the trial would be an expert witness, whereas a third party doctor who gives an opinion without actually having witnessed the events would be a technical expert.
However, since this distinction does not exist in the common law, you may be best following Jim's suggestion.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-11-01 12:58:34 GMT)
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technical expert "for the accused"
Technically speaking, an expert witness in Italy would be a witness who appears in person to give evidence who has particular expertise, whereas a technical expert is normally commissioned by the court to give an expert opinion, which is normally submitted as a written report (although they may be called in person, but this is not a requirement and does not always happen).
I suppose the difference would be that a doctor who actually treated the patient at issue in the trial would be an expert witness, whereas a third party doctor who gives an opinion without actually having witnessed the events would be a technical expert.
However, since this distinction does not exist in the common law, you may be best following Jim's suggestion.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-11-01 12:58:34 GMT)
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technical expert "for the accused"
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the clarification, although in the context I followed Jim's suggstion, this was very informative! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
James (Jim) Davis
: Hi Tam, I've see CT per il giudice as court appointed expert, and where the defence went and got their own expert as in the recent famous murder case....
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